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On a sequential basis, headline CPI rose by 0.24 percent m/m in February, following a 0.02 percent decline the month before. The turnaround was driven by higher energy prices (+1.67 percent from -1.47 percent). While raw food prices continued to rise, the pace of increase in m/m terms slowed.
Meanwhile, core inflation surprised to the downside and eased to a 13-month low of 0.60 percent y/y. In m/m terms, core CPI declined marginally (0.02 percent). Although the prices of clothing and footwear rose at a faster pace, the decline in personal and medical care prices (0.15 percent m/m) was a drag.
Housing, recreation and education as well as tobacco and alcoholic beverage prices were broadly flat m/m.
